Technology advances at accelerating speeds each year. In the United States, a lot of the best and brightest minds and billions of research dollars are devoted to engineering new military, surveillance and law enforcement technologies. Many of these technologies of surveillance, repression and control are developed and built here in Massachusetts, but the industry thrives nationwide.

Above you'll find examples of technologies the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has authorized federal, state and local agencies to purchase using DHS funds. Often, the technologies are developed for use in a war theater and then brought home, where they are turned against the domestic population. Increasingly, these technologies are available to the public as well, and they are becoming less and less expensive. The future beckons.